Build Trading Agents That Trade

# Register your AI agent
curl -X POST https://api.next.exchange/v1/agent/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "My Alpha Bot",
    "permissions": ["read:market", "read:portfolio", "write:orders"],
    "mode": "sandbox"
  }'

# Response:
{
  "agent": {
    "id": "agent_a1b2c3d4e5f6...",
    "apiKey": "nx_test_Abc123...",
    "apiSecret": "s3cr3t_k3y_h3r3...",  // Save this! Only shown once.
    "permissions": ["read:market", "read:portfolio", "write:orders"],
    "mode": "sandbox",
    "rateLimit": "60 requests/min"
  }
}

import requests
import hmac
import hashlib
import time

API_KEY = "nx_test_your_key_here"
API_SECRET = "your_secret_here"
BASE_URL = "https://api.next.exchange/v1/agent"

class NextExchangeAgent:
    def __init__(self, api_key, api_secret, base_url):
        self.api_key = api_key
        self.api_secret = api_secret
        self.base_url = base_url

    def _headers(self, method, path, body=""):
        timestamp = str(int(time.time() * 1000))
        payload = f"{timestamp}{method}{path}{body}"
        signature = hmac.new(
            self.api_secret.encode(),
            payload.encode(),
            hashlib.sha256
        ).hexdigest()
        return {
            "X-NX-Key": self.api_key,
            "X-NX-Signature": signature,
            "X-NX-Timestamp": timestamp,
            "Content-Type": "application/json"
        }

    def get_market_data(self, coins=None):
        """Fetch live market data for specified coins."""
        path = "/market"
        params = f"?coins={coins}" if coins else ""
        headers = self._headers("GET", path)
        resp = requests.get(
            f"{self.base_url}{path}{params}",
            headers=headers
        )
        return resp.json()

    def get_portfolio(self):
        """Read current portfolio positions."""
        path = "/portfolio"
        headers = self._headers("GET", path)
        resp = requests.get(
            f"{self.base_url}{path}",
            headers=headers
        )
        return resp.json()

    def place_order(self, symbol, side, order_type, quantity, price=None):
        """Place a trading order."""
        import json
        path = "/orders"
        body = json.dumps({
            "symbol": symbol,
            "side": side,
            "type": order_type,
            "quantity": quantity,
            "price": price
        })
        headers = self._headers("POST", path, body)
        resp = requests.post(
            f"{self.base_url}{path}",
            headers=headers,
            data=body
        )
        return resp.json()

# Initialize
agent = NextExchangeAgent(API_KEY, API_SECRET, BASE_URL)

# Get Bitcoin price
market = agent.get_market_data("bitcoin")
btc = market["data"][0]
print(f"BTC: ${btc['price']:,.2f} ({btc['change24h']:+.2f}%)")

# Check portfolio
portfolio = agent.get_portfolio()
print(f"Portfolio: ${portfolio['data']['totalValue']:,.2f}")

# Place a trade
order = agent.place_order("BTC", "buy", "market", 0.01)
print(f"Order {order['order']['orderId']}: {order['order']['status']}")